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<h2>Lewy Bodies and Dimentia</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Dementia study comparing two groups of patients
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 39 observations on the following 3 variables.
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<dt><code>Type</code></dt><dd><p><code>DLB</code>=Dementia with Lewy Bodies or <code>DLB/AD</code>=DLB and Alzheimer's Disease</p>
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<dt><code>APC</code></dt><dd><p>Annualized Percentage Change from baseline volume of the brain</p>
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<dt><code>MMSE</code></dt><dd><p>Change in functional performance on the Mini Mental State Examination</p>
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<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Brain MRIs were used to study the brains of patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies, some of whom also were diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Z. Nedelksa et al. (2015), &quot;Pattern of brain atrophy rates in autopsy-confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies,&quot;&quot; Neurobiology of Aging, 36: 452-461.
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